Exhibit 8.1

List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant

Name of Subsidiary	Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Proportion of Ownership Interest Owned by China Lif e
China Life Asset Management Company Limited	The People’s Republic of China	60% (directly)
China Life Franklin Asset Management Company Limited (1)	Hong Kong	50%(2) (indirectly through affiliate)
China Life Pension Company Limited (2)	The People’s Republic of China	92.2%(3) (directly and indirectly through affiliate)

(1) Formerly known as China Life Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited

(2) AMC, which is 60% owned by us, owns 50%

(3) We own 87.4% and AMC, which is 60% owned by us, owns 4.8%